Crooked Mick of the Speewah: Presented by Bill Wannan

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Tall stories have been part of Australia's oral tradition for more than a century. Some of Australia's greatest writers and poets have also contributed to this unique style of storytelling.

The cleverness of bush dogs, the phenomenal size of mosquitoes and the extravagant feats of bush workers are amongst the most popular themes of tall tales: a special brand of Australian comic invention that combines outrageous exaggeration with the classic understatement.

The setting of many of these stories is the Speewah, that never-never land - back o Bourke - where the crows fly backwards to see where they're coming from and the kangaroos are so big they make emus look like budgies.

One of the most famous sons of the Speewah is Crooked Mick himself. In this hilarious anthology, Bill Wannan has collected the best-known anecdotes about this larger-than-life folk hero. (book flap)